Athletic Training
Certified Athletic Trainers are very highly trained health professionals who are trained in preventing, diagnosing, managing and rehabilitating injuries that result from physical activity such as sports. Athletic Trainers can help you avoid unnecessary doctor visits and disruption to your normal daily life of working out and playing your sports. Athletic Training first came about during the 20th century during the Olympic Games. “The history of athletic training draws on the disciplines of exercise, medicine, physical therapy, physical education, and sports” (Prentice). The National Athletic Trainers’ Association or also known as NATA came about in the 1950s. In 1970 a curriculum especially for Athletic Trainers emerged (Kragenbrink). Changes in Athletic Training comes from technological advances throughout the years such as dry needling and all the equipment they have access to use. Another change would be the realization for the actual needs of Athletic Trainers and how important they are. Today Athletic Training has multiple job opportunities with a lot of great requirements, qualifications, good working conditions, not a very big salary, busy and very fun days, a lot of future needs for this career, and also …show more content…
Athletic Trainers are the first healthcare providers on the court or field when injury comes about to an athlete. They also keep records of the exercises they are having the injured player do and write reports about the progress. If the sport at the moment is in season, an athletic trainer would work around 50-60 hours a week. “The best part of the day would have to be working with student athletes and helping kids play sports without injury.” (Hargis). “The most challenging part would definitely have to be dealing with parents that don't understand and listen and the players that don't listen.”
Certified Athletic Trainers are very highly trained health professionals who are trained in preventing, diagnosing, managing and rehabilitating injuries that result from physical activity such as sports. Athletic Trainers can help you avoid unnecessary doctor visits and disruption to your normal daily life of working out and playing your sports. Athletic Training first came about during the 20th century during the Olympic Games. “The history of athletic training draws on the disciplines of exercise, medicine, physical therapy, physical education, and sports” (Prentice). The National Athletic Trainers’ Association or also known as NATA came about in the 1950s. In 1970 a curriculum especially for Athletic Trainers emerged (Kragenbrink). Changes in Athletic Training comes from technological advances throughout the years such as dry needling and all the equipment they have access to use. Another change would be the realization for the actual needs of Athletic Trainers and how important they are. Today Athletic Training has multiple job opportunities with a lot of great requirements, qualifications, good working conditions, not a very big salary, busy and very fun days, a lot of future needs for this career, and also …show more content…
Athletic Trainers are the first healthcare providers on the court or field when injury comes about to an athlete. They also keep records of the exercises they are having the injured player do and write reports about the progress. If the sport at the moment is in season, an athletic trainer would work around 50-60 hours a week. “The best part of the day would have to be working with student athletes and helping kids play sports without injury.” (Hargis). “The most challenging part would definitely have to be dealing with parents that don't understand and listen and the players that don't listen.”